Essay: WHO RUNS THE WAR IN VIET NAM?

NEVER before has America been so puzzled about a war effort. In no other
conflict, from the Revolution through the Mexican War to Korea, has the
dichotomy of decision between military and political considerations
been so painfully evident. American soldiers and civilians, politicians
and public, find it increasingly difficult to accept the grindingly
slow pace of the war, the continual second-guessing by critics and
outsiders who argue that it should never have been undertaken in the
first place, and that it is being badly prosecuted. Last week, with the
broadening of the target...